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America's Career InfoNet
Find wages and employment trends, occupational requirements, state by state labor market conditions, nationwide employer contacts, and an extensive online career resource library.

Business.com
News and information about a variety of industries.

California Department of Industrial Relations
Information about apprenticeship programs, licensing, registration, and certification, and prevailing wages.

California Labor Market Information
Find statistics and information about the current labor market for specific counties or the entire state.

Career Voyages
Information on high growth, in-demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain those jobs.

CareerJournal
Has salary and occupational information about a variety of occupations. Published by the Wall Street Journal.

EmploymentSpot
Links to sites with career and industry-related information.


Heathcare Navigator
Healthcare careers and industry resource guide for the Peninsula and South Bay Area.

JobPodge
A searchable collection of real life job experiences and career advice.

JobStar
Provides links to a variety of sites that have information about various careers and industries. Select either "Career Guides for Everyone" or "Guides for Specific Careers".

Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
Reports about local labor market conditions, trends, forecasts and the like.

NOVA Labor Market Information and Industry Reports
Information about NOVA's Labor Market Information group, and links to their Santa Clara County-based Occupational Outlook, Industry reports, and more.

O*NET
The O*NET is the Department of Labor's new occupational classification system, which replaces the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT). Over 1,000 occupations are covered, and descriptions include information on skills, abilities, knowledge, work activities, and interests associated with occupations.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)
Published by the US Department of Labor, the OOH has job descriptions with information about the nature of the work, working conditions, employment trends, training requirements, job outlook, anticipated earnings, related occupations and sources of additional information.

Princeton Review
Information about a diversity of careers, including interviews with people actually working in the field.

Quintessential Careers
Links to career exploration resources.

Riley Guide
Links to career research and exploration sites.

WetFeet.com
Career and industry information has "Real People Profiles" and "Insider Tips" - get the "Inside Scoop" on what a career and industry is really like.

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